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Famous quotes containing the words marquis de and/or marquis:

“Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.”
—Luc, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747)

“By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.”
—Don Marquis (1878–1937)